Two of the documents Lakeland (Fla.) Surgical & Diagnostic Center uses which are related to sterile processing are a sterile processing department testing and load form and sterile processing ...

Ruth P. Shumaker, RN, BSN, CNOR, is a healthcare management consultant who focuses on both ambulatory surgery centers and hospital settings. Q: How should our ambulatory surgery center determine what ...

A round 140 surgeries and other invasive procedures take place in our hospital system each week day — and at each one, a surgeon will walk into the operating room and find his or her instruments ...

St. Luke's University Health Network is launching a new, six-month training program in a little-known health care field. The first class of the School of Sterile Processing starts in April. The paid ...

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora has had its immediate jeopardy warning removed following changes to its sterile processing department, The Colorado Sun reported Oct. 16. In July, ...